His last album, Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar, dates to 2014. That was Plant's initial studio effort with the Sensational Space Shifters; they also collaborated on a live project together back in 2012.

Plant earlier confirmed their return for this follow up album, just before a series of spring dates. Sessions were reportedly held in Llanuwchllyn, Wales; Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in Wiltshire, England; and possibly at New York’s Electric Lady Studios.